VOL. XLII

No 43

25-October-1999

UAE

Dubal Completes $724Mn Expansion Project

The Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) has completed a projectto expand its aluminium smelter at Jebel Ali by 35%, from 390,000 tons/year to525,000 t/y. The $724mn Condor Project was launched early in 1998 (MEES,2 March 1998). With the energization of the last of the smelter痴 240 newreduction cells on 7 October, the project was completed three months ahead ofschedule. The smelter has been equipped with CD200 cell...